Aguirre: The
Wrath
of God [Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes] (German 1972)Spanish: Search for El
Dorado
in South America unravels under the leadership of a mad
conquistador.
Dir. Werner Herzog, with Klaus Kinski and Ruy Guerra. 94m.

Alexander
Hamilton
(1931)New nation: Heroic
biography.
Focus on Hamilton in his role as Secretary of the Treasury and
especially
in regard to his fight to pass the Assumption Bill that would provide a
basis for national prosperity and world power. Dir. John Adolfi,
with George Arliss and Doris Kenyon. 73m.

Atanarjuat
[The Fast Runner] (2001)Pre-Columbian:
Long ago in the Arctic territory of the Inuit nation, an evil spirit is
summoned by a miscreant shaman to spread violence and discord leading
to
the death of the local chief. Dir: Zacharias Kunuk, with Natar
Ungalaqq.
172m.

Bastard,
The
(1978)Revolutionary
War: The illegitimate son of an English duke travels from
France
to England to claim his inheritance, incurs the wrath of his father's
family
and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the
events
leading to the American Revolution. First part of the Kent Family
Chronicles based on the work of John Jakes.

Brave
Warrior
(1952)War of 1812: United
States and England endeavor to gain the support of the Shawnee Indian
tribes
under Tecumseh. Dir. Spencer G. Bennet, with Jon Hall, Jay
Silverheels,
and Christine Larson. 73m.

Captain
Blood
(1935)Miscellaneous:
Swashbuckler. Piracy as the English, French, and Spanish war in
the
Caribbean. Dir. Michael Curtiz, with Errol Flynn and Olivia
DeHavilland.
119m.

Captain
Caution
(1940)War of 1812: Young girl
allows
patriot to use her dead father's ship to fight the British. Dir.
Richard Wallace, with Victor Mature and Louise Platt. 84m.

Captain from
Castile
(1947)Spanish:Swashbuckling
captain follows Hernan Cortez to the New World.Dir.
Henry King, with Tyrone Power and Jean Peters. 141m.

Captain John
Smith
and Pocahontas (1908)Virginia:Captain John
Smith and Pocahontas (1953)Virginia: Classic American
favorite story of white man saved from death by Indian girl. Dir.
Lew Landers, with Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrence. 75m.

Christopher
Columbus
(1949)Spanish: The familiar story
of the "Discovery," with heavy emphasis on intrigues in the Spanish
Court
in order to make the voyage. Dir. David MacDonald, with Frederic
March and Florence Eldridge. 104m.

Courtship of
Miles
Standish, The (1923)New England: Re-creation
of the Mayflower voyage with focus on the romance of John
Alden,
Miles Standish, and Priscilla Mullins. Dir. Frederick Sullivan,
with
Charles Ray, E. Alyn Warren, and Enid Bennett. 9 reels.

Crossing,
The (1999)Revolutionary
War: Washington crossing the Delaware. Based on book by
Howard Fast. Dir. Robert Harmon, with Jeff Daniels. 90m.

Devil's
Disciple,
The (1959)Revolutionary War: Pacifist
minister and the cad he saves from death eventually convert to fighting
the British. Based on play by George Bernard Shaw. Dir. Guy
Hamilton, with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, and
Janette
Scott. 82m.

Divided
Loyalties
(1989)Revolutionary War:
Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to
the birth of Canada as a nation. Dir. Mario Azzopardi, with Jack
Langdijk and Tantoo Cardinal. 102m.

Drums Along
the
Mohawk (1939)Revolutionary War: Indian
uprising prodded by a sinister Tory on the Mohawk Valley frontier
forces
a young hard-working married couple and other family-oriented common
folk
to fight to protect their freedom. Dir. John Ford, with Henry
Fonda
and Claudette Colbert. 103m.

Drums of
Destiny
(1937)Spanish: Conflict with
Spanish
and Indians in Florida in 1815. Dir. Ray Taylor, with Tom Keene
and
Edna Lawrence. 60m.

Eagle
of the Sea, The (1926)War of 1812: French pirate
Jean Lafitte, the hero of New Orleans. Dir. Frank Lloyd, with
Ricardo
Cortez and George Irving.

Fast
Runner, The [Atanarjuat] (2001)Pre-Columbian:
Long ago in the Arctic territory of the Inuit nation, an evil spirit is
summoned by a miscreant shaman to spread violence and discord leading
to
the death of the local chief. Dir: Zacharias Kunuk, with Natar
Ungalaqq.
172m.

Give Me
Liberty
(1974)Revolutionary War: Peddler
discovers freedom means different things to different people.
Originally
a kind of bicenntial offering as the first part of a television
mini-series.
Dir. Buzz Kulik, with Robert Culp, Richard Kiley, and Fritz
Weaver.
78m.

Heart
of a Hero, A (1916)Revolutionary War: Nathan
Hale. Dir. Emile Chautard, with Robert Warwick and Gail Kane.

Howards of
Virginia,
The (1940)Revolutionary War/Virginia:
Howard marries the daughter of a wealthy pro-British landowner but
enters
politics and joins the American army. Thomas Jefferson, Patrick
Henry,
George Washington, and many patriotic scenes. Dir. Frank Lloyd,
with
Cary Grant and Martha Scott. 116m.

In the Days
of
Daniel Boone (1923)Pre-revolution: 15-chapter
serial
with Jack Mower.

Iroquois
Trail
[Trail of the Tomahawk] (1950)Pre-revolution, French and Indian War
(1754-1763): Battling for the St. Lawrence seaway
region.
Central character is Hawkeye, and a writing credit is given to James
Fenimore
Cooper. Dir. Phil Carlson, with George Montgomery and Brenda
Marshall.
85 m.

John Paul
Jones
(1959)Revolutionary War: Heroic
biography of our naval hero of "I have not yet begun to fight"
fame.
Dir. John Farrow, with Robert Stack and Bette Davis. 126m.

Johnny
Tremaine
(1957)Revolutionary War: Disney
story of young boy silversmith apprentice who becomes a member of the
Sons
of Liberty and fights against the British at the Boston Tea Party and
Lexington.
Dir. Robert Stevenson, with Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, and Jeff
York.
80m.

Journey of
August
King, The (1995)African American: North
Carolina
farmer in 1815 comes upon a a young woman run-away slave and must
decide
to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to
be hunted down. Dir. John Duigan, with Jason Patric and Thandie
Newton.

Kent
Family Chronicles (1978-1979)Revolutionary
War and New Nation: Three-part mini-series tracing a family
from
revolutionary times to 19th century: The Bastard (1978), The
Rebel (1979), The Seekers (1979). Based on work by
John
Jakes.

Kings of the
Sun
(1963)Pre-Columbian: Pre-contact
Maya or Aztec. Dir. J. Lee Thompson, with Yul Bryner and George
Chakiris.
108m.

Lafayette
(1962)Revolutionary War: The
French
nobleman who fought for the American cause. Dir. Jean Dreville,
with
Michel le Royer, Jack Hawkins, and Orson Welles. 158m.

Last of the
Buccaneers,
The (1950)War of 1812: French pirate
Jean Lafitte. Dir. Lew Landers, with Paul Henreid and Jack
Oakie.
79m.

Last of the
Mohicans,
The (1920)Dir. Clarence Brown and Maurice
Tournier,
with Wallace Beery and Barbara Bedford. 6 reels.Last of the
Mohicans,
The (1932)serialLast of the
Mohicans,
The (1935)Dir. George B. Seitz, with Randolph
Scott
and Binnie Barnes. 91 m.Last of the
Mohicans,
The (1992)Pre-revolution, French and Indian
Wars
(1754-1763):Dir.
Michael Mann, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Russell
Means.
112m.

Last of the
Redmen
(1947)Pre-revolution, French and Indian
Wars
(1754-1763): Another version of Last of the Mohicans.
Dir. George Sherman, with Jon Hall and Evelyn Ankers. 78m.

Leather
Stocking
(1909)Pre-revolution, French and Indian
Wars
(1754-1763):Loosely based on James Fenimore
Cooper.
Dir. D. W. Griffith.

Life of
Daniel
Boone [Life and Battles of Daniel Boone] (1912)Pre-revolution:

Light in the
Forest,
The (1958)Pre-revolution/New
Nation:
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American
tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in
with
the people he was taught to hate. Dir. Herschel Daugherty, with
Fess
Parker and James MacArthur. 83m.

Little Old
New
York (1940)New York: Robert Fulton and
the invention of the steamboat. Dir. Henry King, with Alice Faye
and Fred MacMurray. 100m.

Magnificent
Doll, The (1946)War of 1812: Biopic on
Dolly
Madison. Love triangle with James Madison and Aaron Burr.
The
saving of Washington's picture from the burning White
House.
Dir. Frank Borzage, with Ginger Rogers and David Niven. 93m.

Man
Called Horse, A (1970)New
Nation:English
aristocrat is captured by Indians and begins to understand/accept their
lifestyles. Dir. Elliot Silverstein, with Richard Harris and
Judith
Anderson. 114m.

Man
Without a Country, The (1917)Dir.
Ernest
C. Warde, with Holmes
Hervert and Florence La Badie.Man
Without a Country, The (1925)Dir.
Rowland V. Lee, with Edward
Hearn and Pauline Starke.Man
Without a Country, The (1937)Dir.
Crane Wilbur, with John Litel and Gloria Holden.Man
Without a Country, The (1973)Delbert
Mann, with Cliff Robertson and Beau Bridges. 78m.New
Nation: Naval officer renounces his country and is condemned
to sail the coast, never setting foot on American land.

Mary
Silliman's War (1994)Revolutionary
War: The true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a
patriot
leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of tories, who must
fend
for herself and their children as she sought her husband's
release.
Dir. Stephen Surjik, with Nancy Palk and Richard Donat.

Mayflower:
The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)New England: The story of
the Pilgrim voyage on the Mayflower. Dir. George Shaefer,
with Anthony Hopkins and Richard Crenna. 100m.

Mission,
The (1986)Spanish:Jesuits
try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of
falling
under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.Dir.
Roland Joffe, with Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons. 126m.

Mutiny
(1952)War of 1812:Navy
Captain is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an
unofficial
war loan from France. Dir.
Edward
Dmytryk, with Mark Stevens and Angela Lansbury. 77m.

Nathan
Hale (1907) (1913)Revolutionary
War:

New
World, The (2005)Virginia:
Pocahontas,
John Smith, and John Rolfe. Dir. Terrence Malick, with Colin
Farrell and Q'Orianka Kilcher. 150m.

Nouvelle-France (2004)French: Set c. 1760 -- war between Britain
and France over control of Canada. Ben Franklin appears.
Dir. Jean Beaudin, with David La Haye, Noemie
Godin Vigneau. 145m.

Norseman,
The (1978)Pre-Columbian:An
11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on
a previous voyage had been captured by Indians. Dir. Charles
B.
Pierce, with
Lee Majors and Cornel Wilde. 90m.

Northwest
Passage (1940)Pre-revolution, French and Indian War
(1754-1763): Story of heroic Rogers Rangers battling the
Indians.
Dir. King Vidor, with Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Ruth
Hussey.
125m.

Old
Glory (1910) (1916)Revolutionary War: Betsy
Ross.

Old
Ironsides (1926)Mediterranean conflict (c. 1801-1805):
The story around the U. S. S. Constitution at the Battle of
Tripoli.
Dir. James Cruze, with Esther Ralston and Wallace Beery. 111m.

Pocahontas:
The Legend (1995)Virginia:
Another version of the classic story. Dir. Danièle J.
Suissa,
with Sandrine Holt and Tony Goldwyn. 102m.

Pocahontas
II: Journey to a New World (1998)Virginia:
Pocahontas
travels to England. Disney. 72m.

Pollyanna
(1960)New
England: Contains a sermon based on Jonathan Edwards.
Dir.
David Smith, with Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman. 134m.

Quilombo
(1986)Spanish:
Plantation
slaves revolt and head for the mountains.
Dir.
Carlos Diegues, with Tony Tornado and Zeze Motta. 119m.

Rebels,
The (1979)Revolutionary
War: Our hero takes part in the American revolution and the
newly
formed congress. Second part of the Kent Family Chronicles based
on the work of John Jakes.

Retorno
a Aztlan (1990)Pre-Columbian:
A group of priests return to Aztlan, the mythological place where
Mexican
culture was born, to pray to the goddess Coatlicue to stop a
drought.Dir.
Juan Mora Catlett, with Rodrigo Puebla and Socorro Avelar.90m.

Return
of Daniel Boone, ThePre-revolution:

Revolution
(1985)Revolutionary War: "It's
not my fight." Reluctant colonist finds himself forced to
participate
in the war. Unheroic history. Not an altogether pleasant
picture
of young "America." Dir. Hugh Hudson, with Al Pacino, Donald
Sutherland,
and Natassja Kinski. 123m.

Royal
Hunt of the Sun, The (1969)Spanish: The conquest of
Peru in 1530, pitting Pizarro against Incan leader Atahuallpa.
Dir.
Irving Lerner, with Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer. 118m.

Sankofa
(1993)African American:
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa
is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies
where
she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel
slavery, Dir. Haile Gerima, with Kofi
Ghanaba.
125m.

Spirit
of Lafayette, The (1919)Revolutionary War: Tells
the story of the French nobleman who fought on the American side in the
Revolutionary War and then sees American soldiers in World War I
repaying
the debt.

Spirit
of '76, The (1905)Revolutionary War: Very
short
depiction of the trio of tattered fifer and drummer.

Spirit
of '76, The (1908)Revolutionary War:

Spirit
of '76, The (1917)Revolutionary War: Triumph
of democracy over villainous monarchy. Censored for anti-British
slant. See Edward De Grazia and Robert K. Newman, Banned Books
(New York: Bowker, 1982).

Squanto:
A Warrior's Tale (1994)New
England: The Native American who helped the Pilgrims.
Disney.
102m.

Stars
and Stripes, The (1910)Revolutionary War: The
famous
naval victory by John Paul Jones on Bon Homme Richard.

Swamp
Fox, The (1959-60)Revolutionary War:The
adventures of Francis Marion, an American Revolutionary War guerrilla
leader
who fought the British in the forests and swamps of the Carolinas.
Disney mini-series, with Leslie Nielson.

Tempest,
The (various)Miscellaneous:
Shakespeare's play about a brave new world.

Trail of the
Tomahawk
[Iroquois Trail] (1950)Pre-revolution, French and Indian War
(1754-1763): Battling for the St. Lawrence seaway
region.
Central character is Hawkeye, and a writing credit is given to James
Fenimore
Cooper. Dir. Phil Carlson, with George Montgomery and Brenda
Marshall.
85 m.

When
the Redskins Rode (1951)Pre-revolution, French and Indian War
(1754-1763): British and French wrestle for alliances with
Indians
around Williamsburg. Dir. Lew Landers, with Jon Hall and Mary
Castle.
78m.

Winners
of the Wilderness (1927)Pre-revolution, French and Indian War
(1754-1763): Involves Chief Pontiac and Braddock's defeat at
Fort Duquesne in 1755. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke, with Tim McCoy and
Joan
Crawford. 7 reels.